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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVES.

At meeting of the Conservative party
to-day it was decided that the House OF
commons shall sit until the Irish GRIM
1nal law amendment bill has passed its
second readings and that the only adjourn
ment to be taken at the next session shall
he from Thursday next to the following
Tuesday.
URGED TO READ THEM OUT.
LONDON, April l, 8 A. M.-The Stand
ard says that Mr.. Gladstone is being
urged to declare that Liberals voting for
the crimes bill can have no further con-
nectlon with the Liberal party.
The Parnellites are strongly opposed to
the new land bill. The Unionisls will In
sist that the bill be modified in several
particulars. The committee OF the Lib
eral federation has made ARRANGEMENTS
TO hold series of antl-coerclon meetings
all over the country, to be addressed by
Earl Spencer, John Morley and othors.
1T IS asserted that Lord Salisbury men,
toned these demonstrations as one of the
urgent reasons for pressing second read
Ing OF the crimes bill.
IowA's INDIGNATION.
DEs MONIES, IA, March 31.-The fol-
lowing call, signed by the Governor,
Lieutenant Governor and other State otii-
GERS, three eX-Chief Justices of the Su-
preme Court, three District Judges, two
members of Congress, all the leading
Protestant clergy, attorneys and repre-
sentative business men of this city and
the Mayor and Common Council, has just
been circulated:
WHEREAS, England's proposed resort TO
arbitrary and unprecedented coercive
measures in her treatment of Ireland marks
q crisis in the history of constitutional liberty
therefore we ask the Intelligent people OF
Iowa to unite in a State meeting to be held
this invasion of personal and political rights
and this defiance of the humanitarian senti-
ment of the age.
The meeting will be held next Monday
evening in this city.
PENNSYLVANIA'S SYMPATHY.
HARRISBURG, PA, March 8l.-In the
House this morning the following was
adopted:
WHEREAS, The British House of Commons
has under consideration and Is preparing to
put into effect a so-called coercion bill, whose
provisions and intent are to stamp out con-
stitutional liberty in Ireland and 10 abolish
freedom OF the press, right of free speech and
the suppression OF trial by jury for political
reasons only; therefore.
Res0ioed, That the House of Representa-
tives hereby enters lJs protest against the
enforcement of such heartless coercion meas
ures upon people struggling under a calling
yoke of feudal arlstocracy and honorab bl y
seeking higher political autonomy and that
we extend to Messrs. Gladstone aud Parnell,
and their supporters, as well as to bleeding
and downtrodden Ireland, the sympathy OF
the free and prosperous millions of this COM
monw ealth.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
RAHWAY,s MYSTERY.
The Identity of the Murdered Girl
as Great a Mystery as Ever.

The Identity of the Murdered Girl
as Great a Mystery as Ever.
RAILWAY, n, j., March 31.--The brother
Of Mary Maltby has arrived here from
Newark and states that his sister is al
present living in that city, and that she
had presented herself at police headquar-
ters, Newark, this morning to prove that
she is alive. IL this story be true the case
is still shrouded in mystery. Supt. Har-
rlson, OF the City Home OF Newark, said
this morning that he had not been posi-
tive In his Identification, but had merely
expressed an opinion that the features OF
the murdered girl bore a strong resem-
blance TO those Of Mary Maltby.
Mayor Danly received the following
letter this morning, written in red ink,
ozark deed, dark night, darky, offer
big reward and you will have your man."
The letter was signed "Vidocq"
NOT MARY MALTBY.
NEWARK, n. j., March 31.-Mary
Maltby did appear. as stated In the Rah-
way Dispatch at police headquarters here
this morning, to disprove the statement
that the body OF the girl murdered at Rah-
way was hor'B.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
A DEALER IN GREEN GOODS.
Virginia Pluck Foiis Sawduss
swindlers Came.

- AAON WIS ~
Swindlers Game.
NEW YORK, March 31.-Two men were
seen engaged in rough and tumble fight
this afternoon in Great Jones street,
They were arrested and taken to the JEFF
ferson Market police court. 1t turned
out that t1e row began over an at
tempt TO work the sawdust swindle upon
a gentleman named Jacob II. Clair, OF
PocahOntas, Va. Mr. Clair admitted that
he had received circulars describing
green goods" and came on to In,
Vestgate. lie arrived a couple OF days
ago and put up at No. Sl4 Broadway,
where he met the other man, who gave
mis- name as Charles Gordon. BY ap.
poIntment the two met this morning IN
First avenue saloon, and $1,000 worth Of
green goods were counted out, for which
Clair was to pay $500 to the man who
would return with him TO bis room. They
were placed In satchel, aud on the way
the satchel was changed. Clair saw it,
and a fight ensued. Clair claims to belong
to the Eureka detective agency OF Vlr,
ginia, and said he was sent on 10 investL
gate to protect farmers In that section.
Clair was discharged with lecture, and
Gordon was sent up for six months.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
PROHIBITION IN DETROIT.
Fears of Bloodshed at the Election
to Decide the Question.

to Decide the Question.
CHICAGO, March 3l.-A special from
Detroit, Mich., says: 1.-The intensity Of
feeling over the proposed prohibition
amendment has no parallel in the history
al political campaigns IN this State. Com
serVative men OF both sides are fearing
serious trouble election day in Detroit.
The feeling against the Prohibitionists in
the Eastern part OF the city, particularly
the Fifth, seventh, Ninth, Eleventh,
Fourteenth and fifteenth wards, is in
tense. Interest in state and county poll
tics shrinks out of sight compared with
the absorbing importance ofsthe question
whether the people shall have beer or not
An Eleventh ward Alderman said that
not one prohibition vote would DO cast
in his precinct, because no Prohibitionist
would dare TO vote there. BE added: u
am speaking the truth when | say IL
would not be safe for man to vote for
prohibition in nv part of the town, that
is, OF course lift is found OUT There
will probably be 5000 anti-prohIbition
workers at the polls. The Prohibitionists
are very uneasy at the outlook.n
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
A THIEvING POSTAL CLERK.

After Five Years of Undetected
Pecuiation He Comes to Grief.
New YORK, March 31.-W ednesday
morning the superintendent of the pouch
room of the registry division Of the New
York post office discovered that pack
age which arrived Tuesday night from
Portland, Ore, containing $1,000 in cur
rency, was missing. He had checked the
package off some time before and he could
not imagine where it could have gone to.
as no one was in the office except the
clerks, eighteen In number The
superintendent telegraphed for In
spector Dosser and detained the clerks
until he arrived. The inspector took the
clerks to his ot1ce, where they were ex-
amined. The examination continued all
day yesterday, through the night and
until early this morning. Suspicion
pointed in the direction of William A.
Clarke. a clerk who has been in the de-
partment for about five years. Clarke is
q married man and lives in Brooklyn.
For long time there have been robberies
In this department, and over sixty pack
ages and letters have been stolen, the
inspectors being unable to enirap
the thief. This afternoon Clark told In
spector Dosser that he had stolen the
package, and that he had also stolen the
other 60 packages that had been missing
from time to time for the past three years.
He said that he had committed the thefts
TO pay his debts. He was addicted TO
drinking anu had gambled some. He
could not say how much he had stolen,
but it is supposed that be has taken be-
tween $4, 900 and So, ZOO. Clarke was taken
to Ludlow street Jail.
THE LAST BIG ROBBERY.
The last big robbery in the registered
letter department Of the post Office here
was in 1881. A package containing
$4,000 in bills was mailed late one after
noon in September to the First National
Bank in Charleston. 8. G.. 1t was sent by
the National Park Bank in this city, and
after it was deposited in the post Office
here it was never heard from, although
a rigid search was made for it. In the
examination OF Clarke today 1t came out
that he was the last man who is known to
have handled that package When
charged with having stolen this package
as well he denied it, but it is supposed
that he Is the person who took 1t. La this
instance the Charleston Bank requested
that the money be insured and it was
done. The Orient Mutual Insurance
Company had to pay the loss, and no clue
To the thief has ever been found.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
COOK County,s BoOdlers.

CHICAGO, March 31.-Thls afternoon
the special grand jury came into tue
Criminal Court where Judge Anthony
was sitting and returned three patches OF
indictments against persons implicated
in the county frauds. there being total
OF 20 presentments. Who the indictmenta
are against is purely amatter OF specula'
tiOn just now. the capiases in none OF the
cases having vet been issued.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
RrntaI Murder.

FRANKLIN, TEX, March 3l.-Whlle
Capt. A, n. Smith was plowing his
field this morning some one fired load OF
buckshot into mis- bnck, killing him in
stantly. The assassin then emptied
another load OF sh0t INTO the head OF his
victim, tearing out his eyes and horribly
mutilatng his face. j. e. Fulton, a
neighbor against whom Capt. Smith had
obtained q judgment for a small amount,
has been arrested for the crime. There
is talk of lyngninR Fulton
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
A STEAMER UNDER SAIL.

Her Engines Broken and the Wind
Forces Her to Make for Europe.
NEW YORK, March 31.-The steamer
Salerno, Of the Wilson line, is reported
by the steamer Elbe, which arrived here
this morning, as having been sighted ON
March 27 under sail eastward bound. The
Salerno was 800 miles from Halifax. Sne
left Gibraltar on March and was spoken
on the 23d bv the p. Caland, from Rotter-
dam TO New York. At that time the
Salerno was proceeding west under sail,
with her engines broken down. Agent
Sanderson says ne suppOses the Captain
could not make Halifax in the face of the
strong west wind, and that he decided to
make for a European port.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
CHARLESTON HowLs.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March 31.-The an
nOuncement of the appointment OF A. Fl.
Mowry to the vacant POstmastershIp OF
this place has raised howl of indigna-
tlon throughout the city and has compli.
Gated the political situation considerably
MIR. Mowry's business record was shown
up when ne was Congressman Dibble's
candidate for Collector of the Port.
II did not show up well apd the charges
against him have never been refuted
President Cleveland's popularity here,
which was attainted by his silence during
the earthquake, has not been increased,
and as Charleston practically controls the
nominating convention of the First dis
trict it ls not at all probable that Con
gressman DibDle, who is Mr.. Mowry's
champion, will be returned to the next
Congress-.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
In a SUCCESSION OF Gales.

PHILADELPHIA, March 81. The
schooner Sarah q. Smith, from Jackson
VILE, had succession OF heavy gales
from all points OF the compass during her
entire passage. On Marcn 23, in latitude
3G:l0, ana longitude IA, she was struck
by a heavy gale from the northwe ST, &,
carving away number of her sails.
She also lost her deckload OF $4,000 feet
of lumber. the vessel Is strained and
leaking badly.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
Portsmonth,s Wntcr Works.

NORFOLK, VA, March 3i.-The Ports
mouth water works were sold al auctioy
to-day for $Sl, l50. They were purchased
by Charles Il. Ward, OF Jersey City, and
a new company VIII be formed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
UInineat ~. Louia.

ST. LOUIS, March 31.-James q. Blaine
was on Change to-day, where be held an
informal reception for an hour In the de
rectors room ana aterward made five
minutes speech upon the noor OF the Ex-
change.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
"A Blnz. AZ Jacksnn.

JACKSON, MISS, March 31.--Tht
Graves building was burned last night
The loss 10 $25, 600 Dryius h Ascher ant
Goldman Il GO. are the chief sufferers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01

he Coronet Goes Ca Cowes.
QUEENSTOWN March 3l.-The Coronet
proceeded 10 Cowes at $3.50 O'clock this
morning.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
Two APPOIN I'M ENTs.

Nairchild blade Secretary and
mr. Maynard Treasurer.
" .A'sHlNGToN, March 31.--It is au-
tentatively announced that the follow.
Dsappointments will be made tomorrow ::
r. secretary OF the Treasury. Charles S.
,sIchIld, of New York; Assistant score.
ol New York. ''"'' IL may naru'
.Comn,r raan9ynard is the present Second
.appojn,oo.s,et OF the Treasury, having been
.ClgT,hi,ed to that position by President
m excaIiaSoh l@pH on June 1885. He has made
nord I9 t'me me Of his appointment % Jn6ve NAV Nv
Of New %sS 1st FIRST Deputy Attorney General
pointmonit"Ik, TWO years prior to his ap-
The ebnent bln, to the Federal service he was
state mo'ratlc og ratio candidate for Secretary OF
owmg " New York, but was defeated
IN, 6a' IL is said, TO his prohibition record
'e 10 IN Delhi, N. Y.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
KING CHRISTIANS Apy1cEs.

COPENHAGEN, March 3l.-King Chris
tian has been informed from st. Peters
burg tnat another unsuccessful attempt
has been made on the Czar's lie. News
has also been received OF the discovery OF
conspiracy in the Caucasus. One
nave been arrested for completely in the
ulnf
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
CHARLEsToN's PosTMAsrEa.

Mowry's appointment Received
With II Howl of Indignation.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The Presi.
dent appointed to-day A. H. Mowry, OF
South Carolina, to be Postmaster at
Charleston, S. c., vice Benjamin Huger,
deceased.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
AN EUROPEAN AGENT.
RUssIA's CoNsPIRAToRs.
Executions Postponed in Order to
Gain Information.


BERLIN, March 3L-Russian advices
state that the execution Of persons
actually concerned in the recent attempt
upon the Cars life has been postponed in
the hope of obtaining further disclosures
from them regarding the plot. The chief
prisoners are confined in the Schleussel-
burg fortress, and the remainder
In the st. Petersburg citadel.
Quantities OF explosives and numer-
Gus compromising papers have been
found in the house OF sister OF
one of the prisoners. A Generals wife
and DOCTORS wife. who were comrro-
missed in the murder OF the late CZar, are
implicated In the present plot. Some OF
the prisoners are students In female col
leges. They had a quantity OF money
when arrested. They refused to give any
Information. Threads OF the conspiracy
were discovered at Charkof, Kie1, War
saw, Moscow, Odessa and NOvo Tcherk-
aQk
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
"adsden's Now Banl,.

.rollcr nt t'H,tSI00N, ,t' March 31.-The Comp
The FirsV,' N lne Currency to-day authorized
capital az ,dional Bank OF Gadsden. Ala.
~' SoV'oOO) 10 begin business.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
CoUNTYJUDGEs.

For these the government proposed q
county court, the judge OF which, while
granting a landlord judgment, shall be
empowered to reasonably stay execution
for a period TO be decided by the judge,
the tenant meanwhile not TO be removed
from his holding. The government
would constitute the county court Judge
judge Ia bankruptcy within the
area OF his ordinary Jurisdiction. In
seierence TO those tenants who are In
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01

The extensive tenants com bination
came into existence TO meet the system
OF repression which the Impoverished
people had been unable 20 meet otherwise.
III the proposed remedial measures proved
O success coercion would not be needed,
and II they proved failure coercion
would be useless, because IL would not
allay the discomfort that such "A failure
would engender. The bill should be con-
demned on both these grounds. Cheers
Sir Richard Webster, Attorney General,
thought the foregoing speech would have
bad effect outside OF Parliament, con.
siderlng the fact that Sir Campbell Ban
herman was formerly Chief Secretary for
ireland. He denied that the bill had
been brought In the interests of the Irish
landlords Such bill lor such "a purpose
would OBJ ain no support from him. Tho
government accepted full responsibility
for the mt asure which had been brought
in the interests OF true liberty.
Laughter.
MIR. Parnell moved TO adjourn tho de-
bate.
After some further debate the House,
without action. adjourned.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01

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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
Self-Made Cinnamon.

In the matter of education the Chi
nese are very differently off from what
Europeans are led to infer, says a
writer in the London Post. Iti is rare
thing to find a Chinaman who cannot
read and write his own language. Out
of more than hundred that | have EN-
ployed at different times | have only
found two who could not sign their
names. This is very extraordinary
thing-at first sight, but when one has
visited China the fact is easily explain
ed and understood. The truth is that
by education it is open for any lad,
unless he be the son of an actor OF a
criniinal-both stand in the same Ii ght
and rank in China-to rise from the
lowliest degree to the estate of man
DARN. Take, for instance, the exami-
nations which are periodically held in
the great university of Canton. Here
is Il huge building, or rather congeries
of buildings, comprised in a vast OBJ
long space walled in. At one end of
the space is the examining hall; the
rest Of the space is covered over with a
multitude of little cells-sbout 5000 in
L
to the students whenever they have re-
ceived their papers for examination.
Exit from the place is impossible; when
the student has got his papers he must
remain in the cell and finish the an
swers. At length the time comes to
hand the answers in to the examiners,
and, this being over, the students 90
home to await the result. Till such q
time as this is announced all are ils a
state of the greatest possible excite
ment. 1t is known that the examina-
ton is absolutely fair.
1t so CHANGED when l was at Canton
| that the result of an examination moi
long before held was daily expected
One morning the comprador, or Chi
nese buyer for an English firm of mer.
chants with whom | was acquainted,
rushed into the front Office of the firm
| and in almost an ecstacy of excite.
meht threw himself on the floor For .
moment he was speechless, and thef
being assisted to rise he gasped ont
| that his son had that morning been de-
clared head of the list, and was going
to be sent up as one of the first three
students to Pekin, there to receive 8
mandarin's button and high officia
appointment. The poor fnther was SC
overwhelmed with the honor which hi,
son had thus gained that it was witt
difficulty he could be calmed, and
indeed, he continued in this state OF
semi-frenzy all through that day. The
honor, indeed, was Il great one. but il
was one to which any Chinese lad, nc
matter of what degree-except he be-
longed, as | have said, to the playing
or convicted classes-might aspire, and
to this fact l attribute the very genera
education which prevails all over Chi.
Ma.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
sunerstitions of sneezine.

Most people sneeze in the course OF
their lifetime, and even in this country
there are many communities among
whom bystanders, upon such an occa-
sion, will exclaim, "God bless your
This is designed to avert the evil omen.
The superstition was brought here
from England and from most of the
northern nations of Europe.
Many of our readers will recall what
Longfellow wrote of the custom in
Sweden, ..You sneeze, and the peas
ants cry, God bless you"
A writer at the beginning of the CEN
tury, remarking upon the customs OF
Italy, says that when you sneeze,
seven in the theaters, men rise and
wish YOU .Felicitar The purport of
this is the same as the hearty Swedish
and English ''God bless your
The origin of this custom in the diff
! ferent countries of Europe was the
same, Just us its meaning is the same.
1t has been traced to those generations
of fearful pestilence known as the
/ Black Death. One will read of it in
| England in the time of Edward III. In
1850 this plague swept over Sweden
and Denmark. Its ravages in those
/ countries were SO great that the dis
ease gained the name of the tiger
! death.
The earliest symptoms of an attack
by so dread a pest was sneeze'
Thereupon the plying bystanders,
with sorrowing glance, would turn to
| the newly marked victim and eXclaim
MAY God be with youn'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
A Mountain Mystery.

Parties returning from hunting trips
to the mountains often tell strange
tales of their experience when miles
away from human habitation, of con-
fiicts with grizzly bears, mountain
lions, ETC., but by far the most weird
story we have heard is told by two
well-known young men of this place,
who were on a prospecting tour some
time since near Cobblestone Mountain,
at the northern boundary of this county.
The story they tell-and they are will
ing to take their oath on the truth of
| the statements about as follows:
One cold night they were simulta-
neously awakened about 2 o'clock by
the noise of cracking brush that had
been thrown on the fire. They arose
| to sitting posture and saw the figure
! of an Indian woman standing by the
fire. She was dressed in a robe of gay
| ly-colored material that almost reached
to her feet. A glistening necklace,
evidently of gold and silver, enriched
her neck. and hanging pendant from
this were a number of bears claws.
Her black hair reached below her
waist. In her ears We're large hoop
earrings of gold.
Upon seeing the form, one of the
young men instinctively reached for his
| rifle by his side, while the other started
in amazement ut seeing such sight In
the dead of the night and thirty miles
from any house. When the figure saw
the motion made to reach the rifle she
motioned for them not to fire and
! 4 4l, -.
them. Before disappearing from view
she again beckoned to them, but they
were too dumfounded to follow.
The next morning they followed the
TRAIL and after much difficulty traced
= the footprints to the base of high
cliff about a mile from their camp.
The rest of the story is told to this
effect: when l awoke," said one OF
the young men, Il was Mortified.
pnuldn't move to save my life. ! was
frozen with astonishlnent The next
morning we discussed the matter, and
determined to investigate. So the next
night we took our blankets and went tC
the base of the cliff. AT about midnight
the same hour the figure appeared to
us, we saw Il bright phosphorescent
light on the brow of the cliff, and an
sure we heard a voice calling 'Mcence
ah! Meeneeahr several times. Thi.
is the strangest experience | evel
passed through. Inever have believed
in ghosts, but 1 would like to know
what this was. If it was a woman
how did she come there at that tim,
, thirty miles from civilization"
| ol1 Tn1;an t,.,,I;t;nn l., III.
effect that many, many years ago al
Indian maiden-Meeneeah, the onl,
daughter of a chief-was lost in thi
region and starved to death near tn,
place called Squaw Flat. 1t is said tina
! different camping parties have seen tn
) phosphorescent light spoken of In tn
vicinity where these young men wer
5 camped. Can this be a parallel cas-
, with that of the Iudian woman aban
3 doned Oh San Nicholas Island fo
3 eighteen years?' ?'-Ventura, (Cat.) Ere
7 Press.